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Behnam A Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

this/that + adj.

Hi,
''Is he that rich?""
"Is he this rich?"
Which one is correct?
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"Is he that rich" normally. Or "Is he so rich". There is some sort of implicit comparison in the expression.

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"Is he that rich" normally. Or "Is he so rich". There is some sort of implicit comparison in the expression. For example, "Is he so rich, that he will pay the bill in a restaurant without looking at it?"
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Hi,

There's is also a sense of near/far.

eg Is he that rich? pointing to his Ferrari, which is 100 meters away.

eg Is he this rich? pointing to his Ferrari which is 1meter away.

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Behnam A''Is he that rich?"""Is he this rich?" Which one is correct?
I wouldn't say that the second one is wrong, but the first is what almost everybody uses.

CJ
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CliveHi,There's is also a sense of near/far.eg Is he that rich? pointing to his Ferrari, which is 100 meters away.eg Is he this rich? pointing to his Ferrari which is 1meter away.The nearness/farness may also be figurative, in terms of how close the speaker feels to the events being discussed.Clive
Thank you
This is exactly what I wanted.
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